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Palestine: second journalist killed by Israeli snipers
Photojournalist Ahmad Abu Hussein, who was shot on 13 April by Israeli snipers while covering mass protests in Gaza, this week succumbed to his wounds.
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RSF Index 2018: UK performs poorly
A continued heavy-handed approach towards the press - often in the name of national security - and a climate of hostility towards the media resulted in the UK keeping its status as one of the worst-ranked Western European countries in the Reporters W
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WAN-IFRA and others create Council to fight misinformation
The formation of a Global Council to Build Trust in Media and Fight Misinformation was announced yesterday at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy.
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Turkey: three journalists sentenced to life over coup attempt
On Friday, a Turkish court jailed journalists Mehmet Altan (65), his brother Ahmet Altan (67) and Nazli Illicak (73) for life imprisonment after finding them guilty of "involvement in the 2016 coup attempt".
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NUJ welcomes government action on sustainable journalism
The union yesterday welcomed the government's announcement of a news and media review.
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NUJ: Foreign Secretary must denounce Iranian targeting of BBC journalists
The general secretary of the NUJ, Michelle Stanistreet, has this week written to the British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to request he raises the plight of BBC journalists when engaging in talks or visiting his counterparts in Iran.
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Amendments to Data Protection Bill must be rejected, says SoE
The Society of Editors has backed calls for the House of Lords to reject proposed amendments to the Data Protection Bill which it says are little more than attempts to stifle press freedom through the backdoor.
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SoE welcomes press freedom funding
The Society of Editors last week welcomed the announcement of £1 million of funding for press freedom projects around the world.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia – open letter
Katharine Viner, editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media, and seven other leading editors have written an open letter to the European Commission on the shocking murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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IFJ launches ‘end impunity’ campaign
The International Federation of Journalists' 2017 campaign to end impunity kicked off on 2 November - the UN Day against impunity for crimes targeting journalists.
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Canada strengthens the protection of journalists’ sources
The International Federation of Journalists has welcomed the new Canadian law protecting confidential sources of journalists that was approved on 18 October.
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SoE Condemns Threats of Violence
The Society of Editors yesterday spoke out to condemn the reported threats of violence towards the BBC’s political editor at the Labour Party Conference.
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Freedom of expression targeted with internet crackdown in China
The International Federation of Journalists criticises the latest guidelines from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on comment sections of media outlets that were released on August 25, 2017.
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Editor Hits Out At Council Meeting ‘Censorship’
A parish council has been accused of censorship after preventing a Cambridge News reporter from naming councillors who spoke at an emergency meeting.
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Unrelenting crackdown on critical voices in China
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is deeply concerned about the pressure applied by Chinese authorities which forced a prestigious University publication to block online access to more than 300 articles on its website.
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